Burgenland – Creating a New History: Part Two
Weingut Claus Preisinger is housed in a modern, airy wood-beamed winery with windows facing out towards the Neusiedlerseee. You can tell the cut of a jib by the company of…
Burgenland – Creating a New History: Part One
Burgenland lies around 35 minutes’ drive south east of Vienna and is divided into three broad regions: Neusiedlersee, Leithaberg and Mittelburgenland. We spent most of our trip in the former…
Kamptal Journey: Part 3 – Alwin Jurtschitsch & Stefanie Hasselbach
Weingut Jurtschitsch is a very important winery in the Kamptal, with a rich history. The press house is from the 16th century and they have an enormous 700 year-old natural,…
Kamptal Journey: Part 2 – M & A Arndorfer
Growing up in the vineyards and cellar of his parents’ estate in Strass, Martin Arndorfer comes from a long line of winemakers. Anna Steininger is the daughter of one of…
Kamptal Journey: Part One – Intro & tasting with Matthias Warnung
Welcome to Kamptal, the northernmost of three important virtually contiguous wine regions in Niederösterreich (and the largest in surface area and production), the others being Kremstal and Wachau. There is…
A Styrian Adventure: Part 2
Read Part 1 HERE Dragonflies, Stag Beetles, Salamanders and Butterflies Franz leads us to a layby where Andreas Tscheppe is waiting. Andreas apologises profusely for his lack of English (they…
A Styrian Adventure – Part One
Styria – History and Regional Overview Viticulture is one of the oldest cultural traditions in Austria. As early as 2500 years ago (about 400 BC), the Celts knew about and…